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vôonfuruk to enter a house

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6606 | revised Jan 14 2016

vôonfuruk • V • to enter a house

Literally: 'to crawl indoors'

Derivation:  vôor-fúruk
creep-indoors

Source: WB 563.2, p.395

Note: Used of Indian houses because of their low doors, and by extension of white men's houses also.

  • chími vôonfuruki, kûurish. Come on in and sit down! [Reference: KV]
  • xás iinâak kun'iruvôonfuruk. Then they went inside the living house. [Reference: TK 265.4]

Sentence examples (28)


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  1. xás uvôonfuruk.
    Then he went in.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. chavúra tá pâanpay axmáy pihnêefich upvôonfuruk.
    Then after a while once Coyote came back into the house.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. chavúra pâanpay iinâak upvôonfuruk.
    Then a little later on he came into the living house (from the sweathouse).
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  4. pachishíih tóo pvôonfuruk.
    The dog came back inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. papúufich îinaak tuvôonfuruk.
    The deer came inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  6. papúufich îinaak tuvôonfuruk.
    The deer came inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  7. pachíshiih iinâak vôonfuruk.
    Put the dog in the house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  8. pachínim pa'ipíta iinâak uvôonfurukatih.
    There was a skunk inside the house yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  9. iinâak tuvôonfuruk.
    He is going inside the house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  10. vôonfuruk.
    Come in.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  11. íp peevôonfuruk íp kúnish vaa ifuráthfiptih.
    It seemed like you were cranky when you came in.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. íp poovôonfuruk uksáahtih.
    When she came in the house she was laughing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. uum káru poovôonfurukati puyáv ipmahóonkoonatihara.
    And when she came in she was not feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  14. kári xás iinâak uvôonfuruk ikmaháchraam.
    Then he crawled into a sweathouse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  15. xás uvôonfuruk.
    So he crawled inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  16. xás pakéevniikich upíip " víri naa chími vôonfuruki.
    And the old woman said, "Well, come in.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  17. âanxus uvôonfuruk.
    Weasel went in the house.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  18. xás pamú'arama uvôonfuruk.
    And her child came in.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  19. kári xás axmáy upvôonfuruk pathufkírik.
    And suddenly Owl came in again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  20. kári xás poo'íipma xás upvôonfuruk iinâak.
    And when he got there, he crawled inside again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  21. xás u'íkihvuti poopvôonfuruk maath póoktaamtih.
    And (Bear) was grunting as she came in, as she was carrying a heavy load.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  22. xás kuniruvôonfuruk.
    And they went in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  23. xás kunipêer " chími vôonfuruki."
    Then (the girls) told him, "Come in!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  24. xás kunipêer " chími vôonfuruki iim kahyuras'afishríhan.
    They told him, "Come in, you Klamath Lakes Young Man!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  25. xás iinâak upvôonfuruk.
    Then he went back inside.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  26. kári xás ikxáram axmáy uthítiv, axmáy uvôonfuruk pa'apurúvaan.
    Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  27. kári xás pa'apurúvaan upvôonfuruk.
    Then the devil came back in the house.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  28. xás tóo pvôonfuruk.
    And she came indoors again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text